Window screen



March 1s, 1930. 3.1. BARCLAY 1,750,659

WINDOW SCREEN Filed Jan. 5, 1927.

I Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT4 OFFICE GUSTAF IVARBARCLAY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTSCOMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN i WINDOW SCREENy Application filed January 3, 1927. Serial No. 158,743.

The invention relates to window screens and refers more particularly tomeans for attaching screens to reversible ventilator windows in whichthe ventilators open inwardly. Heretofore it has been found verydithcult and costly to provide screens for windows of this character.With my invention the screens may be readily attached to the window anddet-ached therefrom and when in place provide for the free movement ofthe ventilator. Furthermore, with my invention cutting or mutilating ofthe window to provide for securing the screens thereto is avoided. Withthese as well as other objects in View, the invention resides in thenovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a window embodyingmy invention;

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are cross sections on the lines 2-f2, 3-3 and 4 4 ofFigure 1.

The window shown in the present instance has the inwardly openingreversible ventilator 1 and the frame 2. The frame has the jamb bars 3,the sill bar 4 and the lintel bar 5 and also the weathering strips 6which are secured to the jamb bars and the weathering 3o strip 7 whichis secured to the lintel bar.

These weathering strips have transversely extending flanges 8 whichextend into the window opening and are adapted to overlie the bars ofthe ventilator when the latter is in closed position. These weatheringstrips also have the intermediate portions 9 connecting into the flanges8 vand forming with the adjacent portion of the jamb bars and lintel barthe outwardly opening recesses 10A 0 These weathering strips furtherhave portions connecting into the intermediate portions 9 and formingchannels 11 wth the channels of the jamb weathering strips 6 slidablyengaged by suitable shoes 12 Ito which the lower `ends of the side barsof the ventilator are pivotally connected. The side bars of theventilators are also pivotally connected to the lower ends of the levers13 the upper ends of these levers being pivotally connected to mths jambweatheringv strips and jambs near their upper ends. The arrangementissuch that the ventilator may be horizontally swung inward and reversedto permit cleaning both sides of its glass.

14 is the screen attachable to the window l, and having the metallictubular frame 14 and the detachable clip 16 engaging in a channel of thetubular frame for holding the screen mesh in place. The bottom bar 17 ofthe screen frame is laterally opposite the bottom bar 15 of theventilator and to permit freely moving the ventilator the bottom bar ofthe screen frame is spaced outwardly from the bottom bar of theventilator to provide the necessary clearance. To detachably secure thescreen to the window and at the same time to close the openings betweenthe side bars of the screen iframe and the jamb bars of the window frameand the bottom bar of the screen frame and the sill bar of the windowframe I have provided the following construction: v

The transverse flange 8 of the lintel weathering strip 7 is co-eXtensivewith the weathering strip and depends at the outer sides of thetransverse langes of the jamb weathering strips to form downwardlyopening pockets at the upper ends of the recesses formed between thejambs and their weathering strips. These downwardly opening pocketswhich are 30 at the upper corners of the window frame are engageable bythe members 18 for retaining the screen in place. These members 18 arepreferably formed of sheet metal and each has a flatbody 19 which issecured to a side bar of the screen frame 14 and the bead 2O at one edgeof the body. This bead has the upper extension 21 above the upper end ofthe body and engageable in a downwardly opening pocket, thereby holdingthe upper portion of the screen in place with the upper bar of thescreen frame against the outer side of the transverse iange 8 of thelintel weathering strip 7. To support the screen, I have providedsupporting members which extend in the outwardly opening recesses 10 andat'their lower ends and have bodies 22 Within these recesses andsecuredto the intermediate portions 9 of the amb weathering strips. Each 4ofthesel supporting members has the voutthe retaining members.

wardly extending projection 28 with the upwardly and inwardly inclinednose 2li at its upper end providing the vertically extending shoulder25. Each supporting member also has the transverse lateral lug 26 at itslower end for spacing the bottom bar 17 of the screen frame laterallyoutward from the sill bar fl of the window frame, this lug being sopositioned that it will not interfere with the opening or closingmovement of the ventilator. Each retaining member 18 has the lower endportion of its. bead 2O engageable behind the shoulder and adapted torest `upon the upper end of the body of the supporting member. The upperextensions 21 of the retaining members are sufficiently long to permitof the necessary upward movement of the retaining members to slide overthe noses at the upper ends of the supporting members so that the screenmay be readily attached to or detached from the window.

The screen retaining means also function as closures for the openingsbetween the side bars of the screen frame and the jamb bars or jamb barweathering' strips of the window frame, this being accomplished by thebodies 19 of the retaining members 18 and the projections 23 of thesupporting members below To close the space between the bottom bar 17 ofthe screen frame and the sill bar l of the window frame, I have providedthe flexible closure 28 vwhich is secured to the lower side of thebottom bar 17 and extends upwardly at an angle to engage the outer uppercorner of the sill bar. This flexible closure is sufficiently thin toextend between the bottom bar of the ventilator and the sill bar of thewindow frame when the ventilator is in closed position and at this timethe bottom bar of the ventilator operates to clamp the flexible closurein place and to assist in retaining the screen, making it impossible toremove screen frame from outside when ventilator is closed.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided asimple construction for installing the screen and that the invstallationmay be accomplished without materially affectingror alterating thewindow construction and with very little labor.

That I claim as my invention is:

1. In a screen support of t-he type used with swinging window sash,comprising retaining members carried by the screen and having portionsengagea-ble in inwardly opening pockets formed in the window frame, andmeans carried by the window'frame for holding the retaining members inengagement with said pockets.

2. In a screen support of the type used with swinging window sash,comprising retaining members secured to the screen adjacent the sideedges, thereof and having portions detachably engageable in inwardlyopening pockets formed inthe window frame at certain of its corners, andmeans carried bythe window frame for guiding and normally holding theretaining mem ers in engagement with the pockets.

8. In a screen support of the type used with swinging window sash,comprising retaining members secured to the screen adjacent the sideedges thereof and having portions spaced laterally outwardly from saidside edges and arranged to engage in downwardly opening pockets formedin the window frame at its upper corners, and supporting elementssecured to the window frame and having upwardly inclined surfacesoperable to guide the portions aforesaid of the retaining members intoengagement with 'the pockets.

4. In a screen support of the type used with a swinging window sash,comprising retaining members secured in spaced relation upon the screenand having portions insertable into inwardly opening pockets formed inthe frame for holding a portion of the frame in position upon the windowframe, and supporting elements carried by the window frame and havinginclined surfaces operable to guide the portions aforesaid of theretaining members into said pockets; said surface terminating inshoulders engageable with the retaining members to hold the remainingportions of the frame in position.

5. In a screen support of the type used with a swinging window sash,comprising retaining members secured to the screen adjacent the sideedges thereof and top of the same, said members having portionsinsertable in downwardly opening pockets formed in the window frame atits upper corners for holding the upper portions of the screen inposition upon the window frame, supporting elements carried by thewindow frame adjacent the lower end thereof and having upwardly inclinedsurfaces in alignment with the pockets aforesaid for guiding theportions aforesaid of the retaining members into 'engagement with thepockets, and shoulders on said elements adjacent the upper ends of saidsurfaces and cooperating with adjacent portions of the window frame toform pockets for receiving the lower end portions of said retainingmember to hold the lower portions of said screen in position.

6. In a screen support of the type used with a swinging window sash,comprising retaining members carried by the screen adjacent the sideedges thereof and engageable taining members carried' by the screen andextending along opposite side edges of the latter, said members arrangedto engage in recesses formed in opposite side bars of the frame andhaving the upper and lower end portions thereof engageable in inwardlyeX- tending pockets formed in the frame at the ends of the recesses, andmeans upon said frame adjacent the lower pockets for guiding saidretaining members into engagement with the pockets.

8. In a. screen support of the type used wit-h a swinging window sash,comprising a flexible strip secured to one bar of the screen andcoextensive therewith, said member having a portion arranged to beclamped between adjacent bars of the window frame and swinging sash whenthe latter is in closed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GUSTAF IVAR BARCLAY.

